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that last quote of course was from rick snyder. current governor of michigan, who is apparently now been convinced that nothing is too divisive for his state. what happened to governor rick snyder around so fast on this? and what is going to happen to michigan if they pushed this through, as they say they are going to at lightning speed as early as tomorrow morning with no debate? joining us now for some insight is andy potter. he is a state vice president in the michigan corrections labor union. mr. potter himself is a republican, which makes me particularly grate to feel have a chance to talk to you tonight. so thank you for being here. >> absolutely. >> you are republican. your republican party is poised to strip union rights in a way that they didn't campaign on and that nobody really saw coming. why do you support union rights and what do you think is going on with your party? >> well, i support union rights because i've seen throughout the years the good that they have done in bringing to light some of the injustices that hap
that last quote of course was from rick snyder. current governor of michigan, who is apparently now been convinced that nothing is too divisive for his state. what happened to governor rick snyder around so fast on this? and what is going to happen to michigan if they pushed this through, as they say they are going to at lightning speed as early as tomorrow morning with no debate? joining us now for some insight is andy potter. he is a state vice president in the michigan corrections labor...
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at the time reporters wanted to know whether rick snyder would support what is known as a right to work law. the idea of right to work is simple. under a right to work law, employees of a union shop don't have to pay union dues. the employees get the benefit of the union, the higher wages and better health care, all of that, but they do not have to pay for it. why pay money if you can have something for free? for unions, the results of this are close to catastrophic which is why republicans and big business love right to work laws. they are a way of destroying unions. the same heritage foundation that will be jim demint's new home says union membership fell by 15% in states that passed right to work. union organizing fell by half, passing a right to work law stops unions and it stops organizing. on the labor left, the economic policy institute reports that wages fall by more than 3% after you institute right to work. and pensions take a hit, too. that's why unions call right to work the right to work for less. with governor snyder saying he wanted no part of a fight over right to work j
at the time reporters wanted to know whether rick snyder would support what is known as a right to work law. the idea of right to work is simple. under a right to work law, employees of a union shop don't have to pay union dues. the employees get the benefit of the union, the higher wages and better health care, all of that, but they do not have to pay for it. why pay money if you can have something for free? for unions, the results of this are close to catastrophic which is why republicans and...
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rick snyder. anyway, this (bleep) guy. michigan governor rick snyder went before congress ten months ago to say he was not particularly interested at this time in making the bedrock union state of michigan a right to work state. >> right to work is an issue that is a very divisive issue. people feel very strongly about it. we have many problems in michigan that are much more pressing that i want to find common ground issues we can work together on before we get into divisive issues. >> jon: (whispering) going to bring people together. (laughter) he was going to focus on common ground things people from michigan want and need. more robocoppers on the streets of new detroit. (laughter) getting the tourism board to work a little harder on its new slogan. (laughter) and finally -- (applause). finally michigan was going to fin their statue i have been petitioning for online. (laughter) they've got a rocky statue in philly, they should have a kid rock statue in detroit. that's some bull (bleep) right there. (laughter) none of th
rick snyder. anyway, this (bleep) guy. michigan governor rick snyder went before congress ten months ago to say he was not particularly interested at this time in making the bedrock union state of michigan a right to work state. >> right to work is an issue that is a very divisive issue. people feel very strongly about it. we have many problems in michigan that are much more pressing that i want to find common ground issues we can work together on before we get into divisive issues....
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snyder i mean given that rick snyder surprised a lot of people rightly or wrongly perhaps we should have expected this but given that rick snyder surprised perhaps the white house by making this last minute announcement obama may have been in a jam where he was going to be there there's been frustration in the past by the failure to speak up for example earlier in wisconsin and so this is the situation he found himself in but certainly as we move into a second term under obama it's a good sign for labor that faced with this situation obama did choose to speak with some vigor about the issue while he found himself in michigan absolutely sunday josh just pointed out the in all probability the president himself you know when this trip was first planned had no idea that he was going to be walking into a right to right to work for less explosion in his face how much notice to the u.a.w. have of this. you know we were at the table with the governor because when things going to change didn't seem to go she had a way that the legislature labor community could work together and so we didn't
snyder i mean given that rick snyder surprised a lot of people rightly or wrongly perhaps we should have expected this but given that rick snyder surprised perhaps the white house by making this last minute announcement obama may have been in a jam where he was going to be there there's been frustration in the past by the failure to speak up for example earlier in wisconsin and so this is the situation he found himself in but certainly as we move into a second term under obama it's a good sign...
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tom the narrative was that rick snyder is a different brand of republican who was trying to move the fractured the suffering republican republican tea party back to the middle away from its billionaire masters away from the riffraff tea party this was supposed to be a governor and we saw this afternoon how wrong mainstream media was again but he was supposed to be the governor who moved away from the corporate lapdog mentality that controls people like rick scott or scott walker so i you know i don't see this as the end to unions at all i think what it is is that people start paying attention to statistics their statistics where out of the ten most poverty stricken states in america eight of those states are right to work states they're all red states by the way where you have in those right to work states the statistics start emerging where we see that employer sponsored health care insurance is dramatically lower in those right to work states not just for union members but for everybody for the purpose for the purpose for the persons working right next to that union member their ri
tom the narrative was that rick snyder is a different brand of republican who was trying to move the fractured the suffering republican republican tea party back to the middle away from its billionaire masters away from the riffraff tea party this was supposed to be a governor and we saw this afternoon how wrong mainstream media was again but he was supposed to be the governor who moved away from the corporate lapdog mentality that controls people like rick scott or scott walker so i you know i...
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rick snyder. anyway, this (bleep) guy.
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the developers and governor rick snyder and his financial managers that they're not planning to stand by silently while the city is stolen from them joining me now for the latest on this story is the reverend david alexander bullock president of the detroit chapter of rainbow push and president of the highland park michigan and double a.c.p. reverend bullock welcome thank you so much for having us thank you for joining us i understand you were in benton harbor today for the occupy the p.g.a. protests what was the turnout like and what was the protest like was a peaceful. the protest was peaceful again we are about the tactics of nonviolent resistance to state occupation and emergency management in michigan it was peaceful but it was powerful as the casket rolled down the street symbolizing the death of democracy in bin harbor and indeed the state of michigan we are seeing now people getting the message that between voter suppression emergency management and this move by governor rick snyder to disenfranchise over fifty percent of the african-americans in the state of michigan that's s
the developers and governor rick snyder and his financial managers that they're not planning to stand by silently while the city is stolen from them joining me now for the latest on this story is the reverend david alexander bullock president of the detroit chapter of rainbow push and president of the highland park michigan and double a.c.p. reverend bullock welcome thank you so much for having us thank you for joining us i understand you were in benton harbor today for the occupy the p.g.a....
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this is republican governor rick snyder's radically expanded law under which he can decide, the state can decide your town is too broken for elected representation, and instead, they can appoint a single emergency manager with near unilateral control. that state opponeapointed oversn cancel contracts, sell off the town's assets. they can even unilaterally decide it's best to dissolve the town, ged rit of it, no matter what you wanted. democracy is not part of your deal anymore. democracy is not the means by which michigan solves its problems wi s anymore. the state of michigan decided democracy is part of the problem. democracy needs to be put on hold, maybe you're just not fit for it. republican governor rick snyder signed the law as public act number four, as in one, two, three, four. as in as soon as he was governor and republicans had control of the legislature, they got right to this, way up there on their priority list. and right after he signed it, high started using it in benton harbor. the emergency manager there used his new power to essentially fire the entire elected city
this is republican governor rick snyder's radically expanded law under which he can decide, the state can decide your town is too broken for elected representation, and instead, they can appoint a single emergency manager with near unilateral control. that state opponeapointed oversn cancel contracts, sell off the town's assets. they can even unilaterally decide it's best to dissolve the town, ged rit of it, no matter what you wanted. democracy is not part of your deal anymore. democracy is not...
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it's my pleasure to introduce our secretary witness, co-panelist rick snyder. he was sworn into office as the 48th governor -- i'm sorry. we just introduced that guy. >> i think i did that well, didn't i, chairman? >> actually, you did it extremely well. i'm not sure about the go blue thing. but very, very well. governor dan maloy, let's get the right guy, took office as the 88th governor of connecticut on january 5th, 2011. he worked as a prosecutor in brooklyn, new york. serving four years as assistant district attorney in 1995 governor maloy was elected and served 14 years as mayor of stanford, connecticut. now that was a real job. no question about it. governor maloy received his undergraduate and law degrees from boston college. welcome to you both. before i recognize each of you to provide your testimony, let me, once again, briefly explain our lighting system. you will each have five minutes to present your testimony. if you go over, i will not be gaveling you down. if i start to get nerve yut up here, you'll hear a gentle tapping. when you begin, the li
it's my pleasure to introduce our secretary witness, co-panelist rick snyder. he was sworn into office as the 48th governor -- i'm sorry. we just introduced that guy. >> i think i did that well, didn't i, chairman? >> actually, you did it extremely well. i'm not sure about the go blue thing. but very, very well. governor dan maloy, let's get the right guy, took office as the 88th governor of connecticut on january 5th, 2011. he worked as a prosecutor in brooklyn, new york. serving...
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governor rick snyder officially signing right to work laws that diminish the power of unions. doug luzader is life in washington for us. >> michigan makes it 24 there are 2 dozen right to work states across the country. michigan may be the most significant because of the historic role it played in the growth of union power just decade after decade. it did get ugly outside of the state capitol there in lansing. there were huge protests outside of the capitol building. at one point union supporters had a small counter protest. steven crauter was punched several times. michigan's republican governor told bill o'reilly last night that the new law was about worker's rights. >> this legislation is about freedom to choose for workers, bill. this isn't about the relationship between employers and unions at all. this is not about collective bargaining at all. this is not about other basics e about organizing at all. this is about the relationship between unions and workers. >> democrats fear this could sway other big union states to follow suit. the incoming house minority leader in mi
governor rick snyder officially signing right to work laws that diminish the power of unions. doug luzader is life in washington for us. >> michigan makes it 24 there are 2 dozen right to work states across the country. michigan may be the most significant because of the historic role it played in the growth of union power just decade after decade. it did get ugly outside of the state capitol there in lansing. there were huge protests outside of the capitol building. at one point union...
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earlier this week thousands of people flooded the michigan state capital protesting governor rick snyder and his state's new right to work for a las law where these union busting laws come from in the first it's also wal-mart workers are taking another step toward a decent living tomorrow as workers around the globe participate in a day of action against the world's largest corporation were demonstrations expected to be held and will these global protests do the trick and force wal-mart to finally listen to its employees and later in the show we'll have a your take my take a live segment your chance to call in and ask a question or make a comment live on the air. you need to know this everybody wants to be a star that's the refrain of the old song of the same name and apparently that everybody includes wanna be comedian stephen crowder who's got a little viewed web you tube website from which he's trying to make a living and appears that in his rush to fame crowder honked sean hannity last night for. at the giant protest against michigan's new right to work for less money in law crowder
earlier this week thousands of people flooded the michigan state capital protesting governor rick snyder and his state's new right to work for a las law where these union busting laws come from in the first it's also wal-mart workers are taking another step toward a decent living tomorrow as workers around the globe participate in a day of action against the world's largest corporation were demonstrations expected to be held and will these global protests do the trick and force wal-mart to...
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snyder his destroying his state's democracy the people of michigan have no way to fight back how can we learn from michigan's death of democracy so the same thing is repeated from state to state. to the rest of the news states across the nation are desperately looking to bring new industries in that will create jobs course no industry has the that has a normal way one industry that has enormous potential to create jobs is green energy but considering republicans in congress are hell bent on austerity and beholden to the interests of big oil and investing create jobs is pretty hopeless instead the high new industry for jobs in the future might be domestic drones that's right drones for jobs still on the jobs more than a dozen states are scrambling right now to get approval from the f.a.a. the federal aviation administration to run one of six drone test sites around the country in hopes that the burgeoning drone industry might bring new jobs with it is test sites were mandated by congress this year to prove how easily and safely domestic drones can be integrated into the u.s. air space
snyder his destroying his state's democracy the people of michigan have no way to fight back how can we learn from michigan's death of democracy so the same thing is repeated from state to state. to the rest of the news states across the nation are desperately looking to bring new industries in that will create jobs course no industry has the that has a normal way one industry that has enormous potential to create jobs is green energy but considering republicans in congress are hell bent on...
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that's the comment of governor rick snyder as he told a house committee today. he was noncommittal when pressed by members of the house committee on workforce saying such a move would be divisive and not part of his agenda. he appeared in washington along with connecticut governor dan malloy to discuss opportunities for job creation and touch on a number of efforts during what he has faced in the first year in office as he tries to restructure the tax code in michigan, also to encourage more business development across the state. here's how some of it unfolded on capitol hill. again you're going to hear from governor rick snyder. he is a republican from michigan. and governor dan malloy in connecticut as he testified on capitol hill on taxes and job creation and the u.s. economy. >> thank you both for being here. i realize, we all realize, this is a difficult time for you. budget season coming up. you're going to be called upon to make very difficult decisions, as we are here in this committee and in this congress. i wanted to revisit a difficult decision that w
that's the comment of governor rick snyder as he told a house committee today. he was noncommittal when pressed by members of the house committee on workforce saying such a move would be divisive and not part of his agenda. he appeared in washington along with connecticut governor dan malloy to discuss opportunities for job creation and touch on a number of efforts during what he has faced in the first year in office as he tries to restructure the tax code in michigan, also to encourage more...
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rick snyder, who you just saw. [cheers] lieutenant governor, brian kelly. and to our campaign cochairs, attorney general bill should be, senate majority leader roy randy richard vella, speaker james bolger. i also want to thank our finance shares. david fisher and john ricolta. and we have a big family here in michigan and we would like to thank them. and by the way, my family across this state. i also must recognize our national committee members. >> yeah, great job. >> and our congressman. this is a list. dave camp, fred upton, like rogers, that the potters, bill ixonia, bill belichick. and thank you to our wonderful surrogates. donald trump. it governor tim pawlenty. gov. bob macdonald. the governor chris christie. and you're famous oakland county chair that you love -- let's see, brooks patterson. how could i forget brooks? rep eric nesbit. former state presented a of rocky rakowski. and attorney general, mike cox. i'm sorry to keep going to our state team, lowry and bob. and finally, thank you, kid rock. [applause] the last week, have been going along
rick snyder, who you just saw. [cheers] lieutenant governor, brian kelly. and to our campaign cochairs, attorney general bill should be, senate majority leader roy randy richard vella, speaker james bolger. i also want to thank our finance shares. david fisher and john ricolta. and we have a big family here in michigan and we would like to thank them. and by the way, my family across this state. i also must recognize our national committee members. >> yeah, great job. >> and our...
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governor rick snyder likes to be seen as an anti-regulation guy. but not for this. the shutdown the clinics regulations, and the anti-telemedicine law that governor rick snyder in michigan is poised to sign after these bills race through both houses of the michigan legislature during this lame duck session, both of these target abortion rights in michigan. if fully implemented, they're expected to likely shut down most of the abortion clinics in michigan. governor snyder is hard at work on that now. while he is at it, the jobs, jobs, jobs governor is also poised to sign a law that would ban any insurance policy in michigan from covering abortion. no insurance coverage for abortion unless you would die without getting that abortion. that is the only exception. so if you are raped, if you are raped by your father or your uncle, if you're the victim of incest, tough luck. you can hold a bake sale or something. governor rick snyder is poised to ban your insurance from covering that cost. jobs, jobs, jobs. and also because obviously it was the message of the last electio
governor rick snyder likes to be seen as an anti-regulation guy. but not for this. the shutdown the clinics regulations, and the anti-telemedicine law that governor rick snyder in michigan is poised to sign after these bills race through both houses of the michigan legislature during this lame duck session, both of these target abortion rights in michigan. if fully implemented, they're expected to likely shut down most of the abortion clinics in michigan. governor snyder is hard at work on that...
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being taken over next if rick snyder keeps you know annoying little little dictators will detroit is in danger right now there's a lot of what they're calling a consent agreement and place in detroit and the consent agreement is a middle middle position between democracy and emergency management and so what has happened now is the city of detroit is actually being run by the state but the city council and mayor of greed to it and the terms and reasoning for that agreement was that we have to do this sort of the city of detroit doesn't go into bankruptcy although three days ago there was an article in the detroit news that said bankruptcy steel looms for detroit so now under the guise of stopping bankruptcy five elected officials on city council sold the people out turned their back on the petition drive handed the city of detroit over to state occupation in the name of of making sure the city detroit doesn't go bankrupt and now after that agreement has been ain't seated did bankruptcy steel long for the city be and guess what the condition for a city or municipality in michigan to de
being taken over next if rick snyder keeps you know annoying little little dictators will detroit is in danger right now there's a lot of what they're calling a consent agreement and place in detroit and the consent agreement is a middle middle position between democracy and emergency management and so what has happened now is the city of detroit is actually being run by the state but the city council and mayor of greed to it and the terms and reasoning for that agreement was that we have to do...
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because privatizing provides an opportunity for rick snyder to hand off something of a tremendous value you know the the land was taken by eminent domain though the water processing plants were built with with you know pretty current in you know inflated dollars there's there's an enormous wealth there are enormous value there that he's basically handing off to for profit corporations and saying hey make some bucks here bring in people make a taco bell wages you know. good by the way contribute a little my campaign or or my being away to senator. you know what i would hope that you were being too soon. but in fact you are so precise you get the nail on the this is just about privatization and busting unions and firing eighty. one percent of the work is also about assets i mean as you said bailout stands in the balance the water plant stands in the balance transportation. so this in the city of detroit but we've seen this in benton harbor where parks have been given to private developers we've seen this in flint again with genesee towers. so to a dollar public land given to private devel
because privatizing provides an opportunity for rick snyder to hand off something of a tremendous value you know the the land was taken by eminent domain though the water processing plants were built with with you know pretty current in you know inflated dollars there's there's an enormous wealth there are enormous value there that he's basically handing off to for profit corporations and saying hey make some bucks here bring in people make a taco bell wages you know. good by the way contribute...
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so how exactly are michiganders responding to this crooked law that's making rick snyder's buddies rich by destroying local communities well they're mobilizing to have it repealed activists in michigan are close to collecting the one hundred sixty one thousand signatures needed to put this law on the ballot for reveal more in governor snyder's little dictators and their efforts to repeal this law i'm joined from michigan by reverend david bullock president of rainbow push coalition and highland park and joining me in the studio is judith brown davis' attorney and co-director of the advancement project welcome to you both but if you think you thank you thank you judith first of all what kind of powers do these financial managers have well the governor and the legislature has given them wholesale power to sell off assets to also break up city governments to take away all powers of elected officials so you can imagine that this is really kind of corporate greed at its worst privatizing all of the local government actions and there's no level of accountability whatsoever. that's almost like
so how exactly are michiganders responding to this crooked law that's making rick snyder's buddies rich by destroying local communities well they're mobilizing to have it repealed activists in michigan are close to collecting the one hundred sixty one thousand signatures needed to put this law on the ballot for reveal more in governor snyder's little dictators and their efforts to repeal this law i'm joined from michigan by reverend david bullock president of rainbow push coalition and highland...
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snyder last year he now has the power to put in place crony buddies and he is to take over cities in michigan that he deems are in a financial emergency the so-called emergency financial managers are paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and have in norma's power they could fire local elected officials they can break contracts especially union contracts they can sell off the city's assets like hand over a public park to a trans national corporation to build a chemical factory or a condo or in the case of benton harbor michigan a city on lake michigan where a ninety acres lake michigan waterfront park a part of the commons that's enjoyed by mostly low income kids in a minority neighborhood has been sold off by want to governor snyder's financial dictators to real estate developers want to build a golf course resort for affluent white neighbors across the river to enjoy and worse these republican crony dictators can completely redo local budgets without any input by local elected officials just like what the greeks are afraid of so far rick snyder has put four cities in michigan
snyder last year he now has the power to put in place crony buddies and he is to take over cities in michigan that he deems are in a financial emergency the so-called emergency financial managers are paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and have in norma's power they could fire local elected officials they can break contracts especially union contracts they can sell off the city's assets like hand over a public park to a trans national corporation to build a chemical factory or a condo...
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governor rick snyder is here. that's next. also senator john mccain calling president obama's refusal to intervene in syria disgraceful and shameful and that was months ago when he said that and now when it is so much worse. sierra is reportedly ready to use gas against their own people. what does senator initiated. neural speeds increasing to 4g lte. brain upgrading to a quad-core processor. predictive intelligence with google now complete. introducing droid dna by htc. it's not an upgrade to your phone. it's an upgrade to yourself. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] while you're getting ready for the holidays, we're getting ready for you. tis the season. for food, for family, and now, something extra -- for you. >> first the wisconsin state capitol, now michigan. hundreds protesting against michigan coming a right to work state. today republican governor rick snyder and gop leaders saying they will push to right to work legislation. and tonight both the michigan house and cincinnati passing the measure. we spoke with.gov nor snyder
governor rick snyder is here. that's next. also senator john mccain calling president obama's refusal to intervene in syria disgraceful and shameful and that was months ago when he said that and now when it is so much worse. sierra is reportedly ready to use gas against their own people. what does senator initiated. neural speeds increasing to 4g lte. brain upgrading to a quad-core processor. predictive intelligence with google now complete. introducing droid dna by htc. it's not an upgrade to...
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snyder passed a controversial new law giving him the power to appoint what he calls financial managers to take control of cities that he deems are in the grips of a financial emergency these so-called financial managers have enormous power they can fire local local lect officials they can break contracts especially union contracts they can sell off the city's assets like handover a public park to a transnational corporation to build a chemical factory on and they can completely redo local budgets without any input by local elected officials so really these guys aren't financial managers they're dictators and here's the best part they get paid as much as a quarter million bucks to strip a city down to its bones. so far four cities in michigan are under control of these dictators been harbor you course pontiac in foot and now michigan's biggest city detroit might soon be taken over as well a team appointed by governor snyder is as we speak reviewing the financial situation in detroit and weighing whether or not to appoint a financial manager to take over the city so the officials and loc
snyder passed a controversial new law giving him the power to appoint what he calls financial managers to take control of cities that he deems are in the grips of a financial emergency these so-called financial managers have enormous power they can fire local local lect officials they can break contracts especially union contracts they can sell off the city's assets like handover a public park to a transnational corporation to build a chemical factory on and they can completely redo local...
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. >> reporter: rick snyder has proudly watched his sons, nat and adam, grow, while he's watched his own future, his nest egg, shrink. >> gained, i lose, and i thought i would be a lot better off by this point than where i'm at now. >> reporter: the divorced 54-year-old sells holiday decorations and makes $80,000 a year, which puts him above average for lehigh county, pennsylvania, where he lives. his 401(k) dropped 40% during the crisis. it's up a bit to a total of $150,000. but his investments aren't keeping up with inflation. you're planning to retire. >> i'm planning and hoping, but financially, will i be able to? i don't know. >> reporter: he worries retirement might not come until he's 67. and maybe later. >> i'm not getting ahead. i'm not getting ahead at all. absolutely, that's what it feels like. i like to use the term i "flatlined." >> reporter: how long has it felt like you're flatlining? >> probably almost a decade now. from a decade ago, i'm really no better off from where i was then. >> reporter: a family's net worth is everything they own, minus their debts. the average fa
. >> reporter: rick snyder has proudly watched his sons, nat and adam, grow, while he's watched his own future, his nest egg, shrink. >> gained, i lose, and i thought i would be a lot better off by this point than where i'm at now. >> reporter: the divorced 54-year-old sells holiday decorations and makes $80,000 a year, which puts him above average for lehigh county, pennsylvania, where he lives. his 401(k) dropped 40% during the crisis. it's up a bit to a total of $150,000....
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before i do so, please i'd like you to listen to what michigan governor rick snyder had the temerity to say on "morning joe." listen to this. oh. we appear to not have that. we seemed to suggest this morning that for some reason this was good for workers. how is right to work -- >> nothing could be further from the truth. basically what he has done is blind sided a lot of folks up there in michigan. and it's not good for workers in that workers will be able to benefit, they don't have to join a union. but now they'll be getting representation for better benefits and better wages. and not presenting any kind of dues to pay for that representation. and that's a deliberate effort, martin, to destroy unions. we see it here in the congress. i've seen it in my own committee. there has been a march by our republican colleagues to do everything in their power to destroy and weaken unions. and this is just another effort in that road. and i think people have to see this for what it is. you know, keep in mind that governor snyder said he was not going to get involved in this because he thought
before i do so, please i'd like you to listen to what michigan governor rick snyder had the temerity to say on "morning joe." listen to this. oh. we appear to not have that. we seemed to suggest this morning that for some reason this was good for workers. how is right to work -- >> nothing could be further from the truth. basically what he has done is blind sided a lot of folks up there in michigan. and it's not good for workers in that workers will be able to benefit, they...
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if we have one-issue voters on the other side who say even though i like rick snyder i can't vote for him because he's against common sense gun control and he and several others lose, then the politics will change. that's why 2014 is a decisive election in this and people have to organize, organize, organize, and if the obama voters, and there are enough of them, if they go out and they get off their fannies and they vote in 2014 against politicians who are in favor of laws that allow children to die and if they frame it that way and they hit it hard and they win, then the giant will be slain of the nra. >> from your lips to god's ears. julian, what will their excuse be for why we do not need any additional gun control legislation? >> the same thing they always say, which is that the guns are not the reason for the fact that we have 11,000 gun related homicides every year and that, in fact, guns are important for self-defense. as we discussed on the show on friday, those statistics are just demonstrably false. if you look at comparatively where we are with respect to the rest of the w
if we have one-issue voters on the other side who say even though i like rick snyder i can't vote for him because he's against common sense gun control and he and several others lose, then the politics will change. that's why 2014 is a decisive election in this and people have to organize, organize, organize, and if the obama voters, and there are enough of them, if they go out and they get off their fannies and they vote in 2014 against politicians who are in favor of laws that allow children...